Faced with Qingning's doubts, the Ascetic answered with perfect confidence, "If it couldn't benefit many True Venerables, do you think I would trade for it?"
"The Creation Rule—who knows how many people have their eyes on it... I'm not afraid to say it plainly: even if you agree, I'll still have to report it when I get back!"
He was only in charge of the sect's day-to-day affairs. He was not the kind of person whose single word carried absolute authority.
And though he was helping broker the deal, if he could not bring the sect a suitable benefit, he would have no way to answer to those within the sect!
When Lingyun traded with the outside world, as long as they failed to gain the upper hand, they would think their own side had suffered a loss—that was what Behemoth powers were all like.
In any case, Bai Qiao expressed that he had his own difficulties too. After both sides haggled for a long time, they ultimately reached a certain consensus.
The specific trade could not be carried out for the time being. True Venerable Bai Qiao still had to go through the sect's procedures.
Qingning also had not brought the dragon remains with him—those were his Dao Companion's belongings. Although the two were very close, he still would not touch them.
In any case, the plan had already been settled. All that remained was to carry it out.
Qu Jianlei watched this scene indifferently. Knowing that he could obtain another strand of Creation, he could only smile wryly in helplessness.
That expression of his genuinely made Bai Qiao curious. "Does Fellow Daoist Qu feel it is still not enough?"
The reason he had stepped in to help was not because he wanted to do a good deed each